STS Component solutions acquired two ATR 42-300s for part out from Arkas S.A airlines. The aircraft are powered with Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 engines, which STS will put into an asset pool for lease or sale to aircraft operators and MROs.

AFI KLM E&M signed a long term contract with GloBus for repair and overhaul of the CFM56-7 engines on the Russian carrier's Boeing 737NG fleet.

Air Canada will consider an international MRO provider as a permanent replacement for Aveos Fleet Performance but in an attempt to appease domestic opposition to such a move, the carrier says that it will prefer those providers who “have or will establish some portion of their operation in Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Toronto.” The airline, which has rebutted charges from Aveos that the carrier caused the MRO's bankruptcy, also notes a recent legal opinion issued by the Canadian government that Air Canada meets the requirements demanding minimum levels of MRO work sta

Engine aftermarket deals are more closely linked to the point of purchase or lease.

Timco Aviation Services named Pete Laszcz as general manager of its Greensboro, N.C., airframe operations. He replaces Mike Anderson, who left the company. Laszcz most recently was a managing director at American Airlines' MRO division.

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Southeast Aerospace obtained an FAA STC for the installation of the Goodrich 8400 M1 cockpit door surveillance system for the Boeing 737-300/-400/-500, the 747-400 and 777-200/-300 aircraft.

Chromalloy's engine component repair station in The Netherlands received an organization exposition certificate from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.